WASHINGTON, GEORGE

1. Washington,
   Whose every battlefield is holy ground,
   Which breathes of nations saved, not worlds undone.—BYRON, Don Juan
   

2. Here you would know, and enjoy, what posterity will say of Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years.—FRANKLIN, Letter to Washington from the Court of France
   

3. On the whole his character was, in its mass, perfect, in nothing bad, in few points indifferent; and it may truly be said that never did nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a man great.—JEFFERSON
   

4. A citizen, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.—COL. HENRY LEE
   

5. Oh, Washington! thou hero, patriot sage,
   Friend of all climes, and pride of every age!—THOMAS PAINE, Washington
   

6. The prevailin' weakness of most public men is to slop over. G. Washington never slopt over.—ARTEMUS WARD, Fourth of July Oration
   

7. As to, pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it.—WASHINGTON

8. "George," said his father, "do you know who killed that beautiful little cherry tree yonder in the garden?" . .. Looking at his father with the sweet face of youth brightened with the inexpressible charm of all-conquering truth, he bravely cried out, "I can't tell a lie, Pa; you know I can't tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet."—PARSON WEEMS, The Life of George Washington